The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-23

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gard, and to the contented, satisfied.
listless lounger this question never
presents itself. The present, no
matter how slow or uninyiting, is
sufficient for the lazy man. The
future is the food that grows the
For this latter class it
all they aspire to. No sue
cessful man is ever satisfied with his
present dying rate; he longs for
Without this feeling
success and victory is impossible.
As with men so with communities
and the State. To the sturdy pio-
neer who wendell his way across the
plains to the great northwest, this
question constantly appeared. 1t
energized him; it quickened him.
And what has his future been? In
stead of plain and uncultivated
expanse Of prairie, behold the mag
nificent cities of Chicago, st. Louis
and St. Paul, in whose throbbing
veins flows the wealth and business
thrift of the country.
This question was asked each hour
by the passengers Of the old Puritan
ship "Mayhower," as her keel grated
on the bleak beach of cold New Eng
land. 1t was this thought Of the
future that saved them from the
cold, by vitalizing them. They be-
lieved in the certainty of something
better, and upon this faith they
builded. What has their future
been? True we, as yet, can but see
glimpse of the vast possibilities of
that future, but we can to-day see.
instead of starvation and death,
wealth and life. The spires of Bos-
ton, the shades Of Harvard, the en-
lightened civilization of New Eng
land, all are testimonials to the
stern, earnest work of these founders.
Their future then is just what they
made it. And so we would, in reply,
say to the askers of the question,
what will the future be?' just what
you make it.
What will Morgantown's and
Monongalia's future be? just what
you, dear fellow citizens, and we
make it. Frequently we have heard
the question, what good will the
Black Bottle bring us?' All the
good we, as citizens, work for Now
before our county can have any per-
manent boom we must get rid of
just two things and get two things.
Let lis get rid of them.
LIST, Mossbacks.
Who is a mossbaek? You will
know him when you see him. He
almost bowls himself hoarse when
ever any improvement is suggested.
He declares that it is quicker to &C
by stage to Baltimore than by rail.
He carries a stone in one end of his
sack when he goes to mill. He is
the same kind of curmudgeon who
raved over the impossibility of build
ing a railroad across the Rocky
mountains; who said the ocean tele
graph was the dream of a fanatic :whC
laughed at the idea of the steam en-
CINE, and who even yet loudly af
firms that "the earth is fat and the
sun do move" which last saying he
has localized in Monongalia to The
words school teachers get too much
money for their work, and the Blacl
Bottle will be of no good to til,
county.
Let us fire
Cd, The grumbler.
He is mad at himself. He hates
his brother who earns an homes
penny. He scowls' at the sun foI
shining on his neighbours farm. I'll,
present age is entirely too wicked
for his seraphic soul. The banks
are all unsafe. The railroads ar,
all enormous swindles. The pro
jectors of the Black Bottle are en-
gagged in getting rich at the expens,
of the county. He growls at every
body; he grumbles at Sunday be
cause it is not Monday, and envy
the barnyard chicken the gravel h
swallows with which to masticat
his food.
Let us have faith.
Faith in our county and in our
selves. The man who has no faitl
in anybody or anything is a knave
, Our boom, our fortune, our success
will come if we work for them ant
have faith enough to take risks
, The man who is afraid to invest
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dollar in horse for fear it will die
} will never grow rich as a horse deal
er. The man who is afraid to en-
courage q railroad to come into hi
county for fear it will kill one of hi
pigs, will never see his county devel
: oped and himself rich. We Monor
galians need more enterprise, risl
faith, If we do not get more on
| future will be as dead as the presen
| Our new railroad will do us no gooC
Again we want goers.
We must wake up and go. w
} must "git up and git" We mus
1 jump up and run. We must wor
5 and plan. We must let the ginsen
business go and go into somethin
, ON n larOer scale LEFT MS work II